A couple of weeks ago, we were fortunate enough to be featured in The Independent newspaper. The article focuses on Zubairi Sentongo, a YMCA Open Door resident who moved to Wolverhampton after a difficult childhood in Uganda.
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Local Supporters Have a Ball With YMCA Open Door!
YMCA Black Country Group celebrated 5 successful years of Supported Lodgings project which has provided over 14,000 nights of accommodation for homeless teenagers.
YMCA Open Door celebrates 5 years!
YMCA would like to invite people across the Black Country to join them in an evening of celebration of 5 years of the YMCA Open Door project.
Christmas Feasts for Homeless Young People
This Christmas, our residents will enjoy Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, courtesy of local supermarkets.
Have you got room at your inn?
Could you extend hospitality to someone in need this winter? YMCA Black Country Group is currently calling out for caring ‘hosts’ across the Black Country who can let a young person stay in their spare room.
“A scheme run on the kindness of strangers.”
YMCA Black Country Group are delighted that the Nightstop emergency accommodation scheme which they run right across the Black Country was featured in last Saturday’s edition of the Guardian.
Young People Get On Track at YMCA
A number of disadvantaged young people who have been working with the YMCA have been awarded at the Black Country Sports Awards last Friday for completing the ‘Get On Track’ programme.
Stafford Students Harvest Support for Homeless Young People
Students at Stafford Grammar School have donated their Harvest offerings to our residents at the foyer in Rugeley. The school has been donating their Harvest offering to us for almost 10 years and we rely on support of local organisations, such as Stafford Grammar School to help us raise awareness and break the stigma attached to…
Loving life with the YMCA
YMCA Black Country Group has had a fantastic representation at YMCA Europe Festival in Prague this month. The theme of this year’s festival was “Love to Live”; it is an opportunity for young people from across the globe to come together and celebrate their love for life, meeting new people from all walks of life.
Running Rachael’s Coniston Challenge
Rachael Taylor works for YMCA Black Country Group as the Host Co-ordinator for the Open Door Project. Rachael decided to run the Coniston Marathon to raise money for the Open Door Project, to enable the young people and Hosts involved in the project to go for a break on a residential weekend away, to get…
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